Page 44 of Blood Day: Part Two

A quiver danced through my veins as heat pulsed inside me.I want everything you can give me, Cedric. Does that make me greedy?

It makes you perfect,he corrected as he picked up his pace.It makes you mine.

Yours,I echoed, lifting my hips in time with his thrusts. My legs cradled him, this position undeniably intimate.

Because he wasn’t just fucking me. He was making love to me.

Emotions warmed the air between us, his mind and heart telling me his intent.

We were creating a dark promise of sorts.

A promise for more.

A whisper for a potential future.

He wanted to keep me. I wanted that, too.

Determining a way forward would be nearly impossible. But perhaps together we would figure it out.

Because each pump of his hips further deepened his desire to make this a permanent reality.

No more dreams. Just a fantasy brought to life.

For eternity.

As a bonded pair.

I’ve never understood love,he whispered, his forehead against mine as he clung to my hip with one hand and palmed my breast with the other.

I’ve always thought I was immune to it,he continued.But with you… I think I may be experiencing it. This undeniable obsession, the need to possess, the lightness I feel when we touch, and the undeniable ache that forms at the thought of something harming you—even me.

He slowed his pace again, his thumb circling my nipple as he drew out the pleasure mounting between us.

I don’t know if this is our bond or us or some combination of both, but I can’t hurt you, Lily. I can’t… I can’t deny this anymore. Something about you dismantles my control. All I want is to make you mine forever.

Then keep me,I whispered.Because I’m already yours.

He stared down at me with stark affection in his eyes as he continued his slow assault of passion. “I’m going to bite you, Lily. I’m going to unleash so much pleasure into your bloodstream that you come until you pass out on my cock. And then I’m going to fuck you until you wake up so I can do it again.”

“Are you punishing me?” I wondered aloud, his words sounding angry and agonized at the same time.

“Yes. No. I’m not sure. But I want you to climax until dawn. To make you feel a lifetime of orgasmic bliss and more.”

A subtle quake stirred inside me at the thought. “Yes.”

He smiled. It wasn’t cruel or mean, but a true smile. One that told me he saw this as a gift.

His way of ensuring I knew what I meant to him.

By essentially killing me with passion.

You can’t truly die,he reminded me.But yes, you may temporarily meet the other side. I promise it’ll bring about an ecstasy unlike any other.

There wasn’t much left for me to say. He would do this regardless of my choice.

But I would never fight him on an experience like this.

Because I wanted it as much as he did. Perhaps even more.